16 USC 669h-1 - Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 04, 2024

§ 669h–1.

Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants

(a)

In general

(1)

Grants

Of the revenues covered into the fund, $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be apportioned among the States in the manner specified in section 669c(c) of this title by the Secretary of the Interior and used to make grants to the States to be used for—

(A)

in the case of a State that has not used all of the funds apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) of this title for the fiscal year in the manner described in section 669g(b) of this title—

(i)

the enhancement of hunter education programs, hunter and sporting firearm safety programs, and hunter development programs;

(ii)

the enhancement of interstate coordination and development of hunter education and shooting range programs;

(iii)

the enhancement of bow hunter and archery education, safety, and development programs;

(iv)

the enhancement of construction or development of firearm shooting ranges and archery ranges, and the updating of safety features of firearm shooting ranges and archery ranges; and

(v)

the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment; and

(B)

in the case of a State that has used all of the funds apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) of this title for the fiscal year in the manner described in section 669g(b) of this title, any use authorized by this chapter (including hunter safety programs and the construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges).

(2)

Limitation on use

(3)

Allocation of additional amounts

(b)

Cost sharing

(1)

In general

(2)

Public target range construction or expansion

(c)

Period of availability; reapportionment

(1)

Period of availability

(A)

In general

(B)

Exception

(2)

Reapportionment

(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 112(2), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1766; amended Pub. L. 116–17, § 4(c), May 10, 2019, 133 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title V, § 501(f), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3193.)

cite as: 16 USC 669h-1